Terms of the previous clearance remain in effect. OMB files this comment in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments related to the information collection and their response, including any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition,
the agency must enter the correct burden estimates.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2020
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2020
1,161,681
0
1,161,681
7,559,375
0
7,559,375
0
0
0
Section 1848(q) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 101 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, authorizes the establishment of a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for eligible clinicians. Beginning in CY 2017, eligible clinicians are required to collect and submit data on four performance categories to CMS (quality, cost, advancing care information and improvement activities). This program replaces and consolidates portions of the PQRS, Value-based Modifier, and the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The Act also establishes a second track, Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) for clinicians to participate in instead of MIPS.
US Code:
42 USC 1395w-4
Name of Law: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2014
US Code: 42 USC 1395w-4 Name of Law: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2014
In the proposed rule, we estimate a total of 5,566,944 hours with a total cost of $526,034,969.
Table 27 of Supporting Statement A reflects a total of 998,735 responses with an associated hours burden of 5,566,944, this is a reduction of 29,305 hours. As shown in Table 28, we estimate a total burden of approximately $526 million, a reduction of $2.6 million. The reduction in burden for the 2019 MIPS performance period is reflective of several finalized policies, including reduction in the number of measures for which clinicians are required to submit quality data via the CMS Web Interface and a reduction in the number of measures for which clinicians are required to submit data for the Promoting Interoperability performance category. Our burden estimates also reflect the first year of data collection associated with our previously finalized policy to require APM Entities or eligible clinicians to submit all of the required information about the Other Payer Advanced APMs in which they participate.
Table 28 summarizes the ICRs for the Quality Payment Program for which we are proposing changes to the burden estimates. For each ICR we have noted the total burden adjustment due to changes in policy and the total burden adjustment due to changes assumptions.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form CMS-10621 414.1330 (Quality Performance Category) Call for Measures
CMS-10621 - Supporting Statement A (version 1 by OSORA PRA).docx
?414.1440 Submission of Data for All-Payer QP Determinations under the All-Payer Combination Option